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ey réé ess, Ï' Em--m returils, Ba By Mike Kowalsi A farnîliar face was back while another was gone after the votes were counted in Whitby's r.-gional council race Monday. Fomer regional councillor Gerry Ernr a no difflicuity returning to council after an absence of six years brought about by two unsuccessfui runs for mayor. 'Me 53-year-old Ashburn resi- dent joins incumbents Marcel Brunelle and Joe Drumm, along witb Mayor Tom Edwards as Whitby's representatives on bur- ham ]Region council. Not returning t counicil is veteran Ross WaCn who fin- ished fourth among the eight candidates seeking the three reginalcoueilpositions. Bettn, a50-ear-old Ashburn businessman, nad represented the north ward on Town council from 1980 until bis successful run for regional council three years ago. After ail 180 polis had repor- ted Brunelle topped the field wjth 8,171 votes and was ciosely followed by Emm's 8,122. Drumni, who garnered the rnost votes for regional council in the previous two elections, recei- ved 7951 votes. .They were followed by Batten with 5,731; Doug Anderson pub- lisher of the Whitby Free Ness, at 4,'361; former candidate Jirn Priest, 4,313; and newcorners Steve Szuhai and Vata Municipal election 994 The candidates MAYOR Tom Edwards 8,473è Pat Perkins 7,837 REGIONAL COUNCILLOR Doug Anderson 4,361 Ross Batten 5,731 Marcel Brunelle 8,171* Joe Drumm 7,95V* Gerr Emm 8.122' Vata GopInathn751 Jim Priest 4,313 Steve Szuhai 775 CENTRE WARD John Doîstra 1,759 Shirley Scott 2,102* EAST WARD Dennis Fox 3,419' Derek Glass 219 JoAnne Prout 2,729 Dory Smith 244 NORTH WARD Don Mtchel 693' Brian Wick 242 Rick Sdier 390 WEST WARD Judi Longfield* acclaimed) DURHAM REGION ROMAN CATHOUC SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD Frank Caniataro 758 Luciana Jovanovic 763 Maureen Licsi 756 Mary Ann Martin 1340* Judy Morris 1325' Tom Qîdman 1,890 Silvia Rlaponi 796 FRENCH LANGUAGE TRUSTEES ON SEPARATE SOHOOL BOARD Robert Boisvert 91' Louis-Arhur Langlois 63 Jean Marc Leclerc 44 Elaine Legault 115 Dany Poitras 32 WHITBY HYDRO GERRY EMM Gopinathan witb 775 and 751 votes respectively. After tbe firet il pols hbad reported, only 89 votes separated the fiftb-place candidate Ander- son fromn front-runner Emm. But not too long after that it became apparent that tbe only issue in doubt was the final placing of Brunelle, Ernm and Drurm,. For the 52-year-old Brunelle, a reginal councillor since 1988 after b *aving previousiy served as centre ward representative for six years, the message was clear. "What it says is t hat environ- mental consciousness bas corne te the community and becorne a p art of the political iandscape,» besaid. By John Dujay Ail of the incumbents were returned te the Whitby Hydro Electric Commission' Monday 5ohn Hughes, wbo was elected in 1991, but bad to leave during bis term after declaring bank- rupityp was.again elected. re promised te becorne more accounitable te customers, Whitby residents. He plans on keeping residents apprised of any and ail developmnents within the commission,, and especially wants "to inform the custorner ttten goný Brunelie was referring te the controversial proposai te buiid a residentiai and ndustrial deve- e psnent near the Lynde Creek Marh. Bruneile has been a iong-time critic of the housing component of tbe joint private-public secter deveioprnent wbicb bas been appealed te theOntario Munici- pal Board by the citizens' group ~ave Lynde Marsh. «I tbink in ail future elections this (environrnent) wil bave te bo viewed as a serious issue and not one p~eople are paying lip service, te»be said. Brunelie attributed Batten's lose directly te the Lynde Sbores issue -- Batten was cbair of the planning and development com- mittee for much of thbe tirne tbe inatter was bofore council. «It bad notbing te do witb a lack of bard work. His loss was due to getting caugbt on the issue." Brunelle said tbe sarne couid be applied te tbe close race for mayor and in some of the ward races. Drunim, a niember of council since 1976 "knew the election wouid be close," but was surpr- ised by the margin of Emm's comeback. "I didn't tbink be would. be that strong and I'm surprsed Batten didn't run stronger. Drurnm suspected that the rnarsb issue led to Batten's defeat and influenced tbe resuits eisewbere. 1"Oniy one side of the issue was looked at and not the other,» he wbere the bydro costs are going.» Hughes decried the fact that some candidates were Ontario Hydre empioyees, wbich makes it "an obvious conflict of inter- est.» One sucb candidate wbo was elected Ralph Blank, is an Ontario Hydro employee. .Hughes promises change dur- ing thbe upcoming terni: "in looking forward to sbaking the tree up.» The final resuits gave Don MèMaster 8,777 votes, Hughes 7,233, Bill Lawier 6,968, and Biank 6,715. Mildchage IIWitby FROM PAGE 1 over JoAnne Prout, co-founder of tbe Save Our General Hospital citizens' group. The other two candidates in the race were not factors. In the centre ward, challenger Shirley Scott had littie probiemi defeating first-termi incumbent John Do Istra. Monday's election was the third tîme the two had opposed eacb other at the poils, but the first time they bad the field ail te tbemselves. Current Durham Board of Education chair Patty Bowman easily won re-election te her fourth terni on the public scbool board. But first term incumbent Tanya Gulliver did not fare as weii as she lost te newcorner Doug Ross for Whîtby's other seat on the board. Ross toid The Free Press that bis (and Bowman's) inclusion in a list of 'Christian' candidates which was circuiated among evangelical churches in the Dur- ham Region, rnay bave contribu- ted te bis election (see separate- stery.) Carol Switzer, a Scugog Town- ship achool board candidate wbo was also on the iist, had been openly critical of Gulliver, an avowed bomosexual. Incumbents Tom Qidman and Judy Morris were returned to their fourtb and second terms respectively on the Durbam separate scb col board. Joining thern is Mary Ann Martin, a Port Perry resident wbo bad represented Osh awa on the board tbie past term. Martin and ber farniiy are moving te Whitby next montb. Finally, former membor John Hughes returns te tbe Whitby Hydro-Electric Commission. Hughes, wbo bad been foroed te resign from the commission two years a go after declaring bankruptcy, fils the spot vacated b retiring commissioner Gerry Joining Hughes are incum- bents Don MacMaster, Bill Law- 1er and Raiph Blank. ,e iin Region race "In rny opinion, 1 still tbink council made tbe right decision.» Now retired, Drumm, 64, ser- ved as east ward councillor until bis election to regional council in 1988. First eiected te Town council in 1969 and te regional council four years later, Emm said usheer bard work" and bis pre- mious experience brougbt him victery. Emm* told reporters that some of the issues hne raised in bis mayoral campaigns were mocked at tbe time but bave since been adopted by council. "Six years ago I said 1 wanted te freeze taxes -and tbey said it couidn't be done. Council did it and now I tbink we have te do better,» he said. Ernr said one of bis first jriorities is to pusb for more Uopen government." «Open government will brin%, severai tbings to the forefront, hie said. 'The press will bave good access to information and the people will bonefit by the open- ness.n Emrn said bis six years on tbe sidelines bas given bim a new perspective that he wiil bring te think ~it wili belp me greatly. Havi'ng been there and now back again, I can see botb sides.» In a concession speech before approximately 100 people in the Town council chambers, Batten expressed disappointrnent witb tbe resuits. "But I aiways feit the elec-* torate knew best wbo tbey wan- ted to represent their concerns," ha said. 1Batten congratulated bis for- mer colleagues on their re.elec- tion and wth tbe belp of the new councillors said the town is in «good hands.» "I tbink it is an honour te, serve the citizens of Whitb ad I wish this council the very ' st." Batten said he wiil not bo "sitting in the back bonches» plotting bis ireturn and ruied eut another run for council. «I accept the mandate and will cail it a day,» be said te pro- ionged applause. Priest, a. 63-year-oid semi- retired mining. consultant, was rnaking his third and most likely final run for council. «I worked very bard, I don't know wbere tbe vote went,» he said. Priest said be was disappoin- ted that Wbitby "had not been liborated» and was looking fer- ward to, «opening up the process.» «I think closed-door meetings are not healtby for a commum ty the size of Whitby "lie said. «I guess WhitLy can expect more of the saine. A lot of the saine people were in tbere 10 yers ago., MPP poie FRÃ"M PAGE 1 bealth services and a promise to keep existing jobs should con- vinoe anyone of its good inten- tions. "If there's* a problem that OPSEU bas, I don't know wbat it byLrrie usto BOXES NEEDED, JNDUSTRY SAYS The Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environrnental Council (PPEO) recently welcomed the private sector initiative for the 'Paper Box' concept. Many municipalities, including Durharn, colleet old corrugated container board (000) from depots as well as from the blue box collection. However, John Mullinder of the PPEC says "The existing blue box system is just flot dehivern g the amount of paper we need for recyciing. W e imnport thousands of tonnes of used 000 and boxboard trim, whicb we make into recycled packaging, fromn the United States every year. Sirnilar type fibre is right here in our own backyard but we can't g et enough of it. The 'Paper Box" could give us the paper we need." Metro Waste Paper Recovery Prc. bas corne up with a concept tbat could recover aliltbe recyclable paper from Ontario bousebolds and the newspaper publishers and producers of paper-based packaging have welcomed tbis initiative. It is suggested that bousebolders receive the 'Paper Box' to complement the existing blue box. But tbe paper box wouid be oniy for paper 'fibre sucb as newspapers, magazines, flyers, telephone books, envelopes, junk mail corrugated boxes, cereal and detergent cartons, paper groce ba s and so on. The blue box woul d continue to b: used or ood glass and metal containers and PET plastic pop bottles. Many paper milîs want to obtain more used paper for their operations. MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. at Sturgeon F ails and St. Laurent Paperboard hIc. in Quebec bave bots converted virgin milis to 100 per cent recycled. Those packageing milis stili usin g virgin fibre, bave aiso increased their recyc ed content. In addition, Dorntar Inc. bas altered its Cornwall miii to aiiow it to mix OCO into fine paper production (a pioneering proces that rnaybe extended to tbe company's much larger miii in Windsor, Que. A paper box aiso means efficiencies of collection. By separating paper and paper packaging fiom containers, we immediately remove mucb of t he plastic, glass and metai that contarninates paper for recycling and visa versa. PPEC is a national coalition of producers and converters of paper-based packaging. Since 1990 it bas earned.a reputation or a quick and practical action on environmental issues. Un tii the paper box is a reality, y ou can help by recognizing ail OCO in your borne and place o f work. Pizza boxes, moving boxes and even some type of displays are made from corrugated cardboard. When you are ready to discard this type of resource material, flatten and bunde it in manageable arnounits and place beside your bagged newspapers. Also, you rnay be able to send your unwanted paper withthe working member of your farniiy wbose office is àble to accept additional mixed paper. Incumbents returil as commissioners